Lucidstuck II

I agree that we should have never started killing in the first place, but once we killed the first few guards, delebrately seeking them out to kill them, the damage was already done. No amount of second-guessing ourselves or changing strategies would salvage it, and if anything that made it worse, leading to the second line that you quoted. We should have just stuck to it and said we knew it was of no real consequence and were under the impression there'd be a reward given the counter.

I disagree this is of any consequence. I believe we're making a mountain out of a molehill here. Emily doesn't appear to care and the more we bring it up, the more we make it a problem. As long as this kind of action doesn't leak into our choices outside the minigames, I don't think it matters.

My thinking there has changed, because just how it's being discussed. DD seems intrigued because it goes against what we do in construct, and Emily doesn't seem to care one way or the other.

Okay Terra, seriously. It is extremely well known that you have a deep and personal hatred for Alice, but you need to keep that crap out of your commands. Neutral tone, neutral actions except when there's an ACTUAL window of opportunity saying that "now is the time for us to go hard" before beating someone into the dirt with words. In the same post where you're DEMANDING that Derrick flip out on Alice and completely deconstruct the illusion (who knows if that'll damage the construct or turn Alice into some uncontrollable monster - we promised Daydream we'd not fuck with Alice overmuch to prevent her going further off the rails), you then say 'Remember not to rock the boat' as well? Everything before telling Derrick to listen to Garry is doing the exact opposite of listening to Garry and betraying our currently intended course and promise to the effective god-being that controls this world.

We need to be subtle, so that neither Derrick or Alice feel put upon. We need to be insistent without it being strange. We need answers but we do NOT need this whole mess with personal feelings flying all over the place and being forced on Derrick when it's not his personality to begin with. Don't make him into an avatar of distaste and someone else's vengeance - even the real Derrick handled it better from what we can currently tell. We need to be treating Derrick like a person, not Bob.

This though, I agree with. And, further, discussions with other people have led me to think that it might be better to simplify the command as well to simply set Derrick on the right path rather than directing for him. Indeed, he is not Bob. That said, I feel that rather than evoking a neutral tone, a mildly positive tone might be to our benefit.

So, in light of this, I'm rescinding my 'seconding' and going to change my command as well:

> Derrick: Check your journal and make sure you're awake, first. Keep it on you. Remember what Reggie asked of you. Remember that you promised Garry not to do anything crazy. Remember that you care about Alice. Remember that caring about someone doesn't mean blind trust.

Any thoughts on this?